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Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003

Commentary on Sections

Part 2 –Standards

Chapter 10 – Supplementary and General
Relationship with Government
Section 132: Failure in discharge of functions: CHAI; and section 133: Failure in discharge of functions: CSCI

289.These sections provide that where the Secretary of State considers that the CHAI or the CSCI is significantly failing to discharge any of its functions, or to discharge them properly then he is able to issue a direction to the CHAI or the CSCI with which it must comply.

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